‘Tis the season for giving, and this 2025 NFL mock draft is going to give a lot of NFL teams what they desperately need for the future, and for some, what they likely wish they could have right now.
It never ceases to amaze just how quickly time flies during the NFL season each year as we’re already in the thick of the College Football Playoff as well as the 2024 NFL playoff race. But as we approach the playoffs, more than half the league is .500 or worse this season. It seems to be just as much of a race to the top of the 2025 NFL Draft as it is anything else.
As of right now, all 32 teams still have their first-round picks for the 2025 NFL Draft which is also really fun and largely unprecedented. It’s not something we’ve seen since I’ve been making mock drafts, that’s for sure.
Even if it doesn’t stay that way, and even with a class that appears to lack a lot of blue-chip talent, this is shaping up to be a fun draft class. As of right now, it appears as though the quarterback prospects are slowly falling down the board, but we know teams will still (and always) reach. Let’s get to our latest 2025 NFL mock draft projections for the entire first round.
2025 NFL Mock Draft: Raiders, Giants land franchise QBs; Patriots get Travis Hunter
1. Las Vegas Raiders: Shedeur Sanders, QB, Colorado
What do we know about the Las Vegas Raiders as the offseason rapidly approaches? Well, we know that this team desperately needs a long-term answer at the quarterback position, as it feels like they are the only team in the AFC West without a long-term answer at that position right now.
They also might be the only AFC West team without a long-term answer in the head coach department. That will raise more interesting questions for this franchise as the offseason looms large, but the Raiders have two key pieces that teams have to account for every single week already – Brock Bowers and Maxx Crosby. Those two guys are major cornerstone pieces and having them should give them confidence to roll with a young quarterback.
This is another “beauty in the eye of the beholder” class at QB as there is no clear-cut, Andrew Luck-type of prospect. Sanders is going to be well-liked by a lot of coaching staffs around the league because of his football bloodline and ability to play the point guard position as a signal caller.
2. New York Giants: Cam Ward, QB, Miami
The New York Giants are another team at the top of the 2025 NFL Draft order with major question marks surrounding both their head coach and general manager positions. And they’ve already busted the QB position wide-open, cutting former first-round pick Daniel Jones in the middle of the 2024 season.
We know the Giants are going to be in search of a quarterback, but will they fall in love with anyone in this class?
I wouldn’t be shocked to see them go the veteran route if at all possible, especially with the clock slightly ticking on Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll. The Giants may not want to make sweeping changes in their brain trust until after this next season. Letting Schoen and Daboll pick a QB here carries massive risk for the future, however, because what happens if they’re not around in 2026?
3. New England Patriots: Travis Hunter, WR/CB, Colorado
The opportunity for the New England Patriots to potentially land the top non-quarterback on their draft board in 2025 is right there before them. We’ll see what happens over the course of their final few games here in the 2024 season, but we already know that Drake Maye has established himself as this team’s franchise QB of the future.
It’s time to get him some more help.
I don’t know that there is any individual player in the 2025 offseason that’s going to help an NFL team as much as the Heisman winning Travis Hunter. He’s got the ability to play both ways at the next level, even if it’s not on a full-time basis. He’s still going to be able to do it on a semi-consistent basis and I think he’s going to do well.
But for the Patriots, this would give Drake Maye a true alpha in the passing game to get the ball to. Hunter’s ball skills are second to none.
4. Jacksonville Jaguars: Abdul Carter, EDGE, Penn State
As the Jacksonville Jaguars likely usher in a brand-new coaching regime once again in 2025, one thing that’s abundantly clear with this franchise that needs changing is the pass rush. The Jaguars have invested heavily in that department but seemingly to no avail.
Josh Hines-Allen and Travon Walker are both former high draft picks and while they’ve combined for 15.5 sacks this season, they have just 26 total QB hits combined on the season. Another player being added to the league’s worst pass rush (arguably) would be massive and the Penn State program seems to crank these types of guys out annually.
Abdul Carter has the athletic and physical traits to be a top-tier edge bender in the NFL rather quickly, and the Jaguars would love to have his disruptive traits opening things up for the other guys on that defensive front.
5. Carolina Panthers: Tetairoa McMillan, WR, Arizona
The Carolina Panthers have the least first downs achieved offensively and the most first downs surrendered defensively this year. Do you think their 2025 NFL Draft plan is going to be wide open?
The Panthers benched Bryce Young earlier in this 2024 season, raising questions about his ability to potentially be a leader for this franchise going forward. Now that he’s been back in the lineup for a couple of months, I don’t think there is any need to make sweeping changes at this position. Not in 2025, at least.
The Panthers have a chance to really help Bryce Young out. As I mentioned, they are dead last in 1st downs offensively this season. Go give Bryce Young a dude at receiver who can snatch the ball out of the air and make big plays with his ridiculous catch radius.
6. Tennessee Titans: Will Johnson Jr., CB, Michigan
As the winds blow when it comes to the NFL Draft, they take quarterback rankings with them all over the place. Some weeks, it seems like the consensus is saying that Alabama’s Jalen Milroe will be jumping into the top 10 picks.
Other weeks, you’re not even certain that more than two QBs will go in the top 32 picks overall.
The Titans need to fix their QB position for the long haul, and maybe we see Ran Carthon go after Sam Darnold in the 2025 offseason after his excellent breakout campaign for the Vikings. Whatever the case may be, there are more options than just the 2025 NFL Draft for quarterbacks and the Titans will certainly explore them.
This is a situation where they might just have to take the best player on their board, and Will Johnson Jr. happens to be one of the ‘safest’ prospects in the class. Get yourself a playmaking corner with a high floor and high ceiling at the next level. It’s just once piece of the overall puzzle for this team, but a potentially big one.
7. Cleveland Browns: Mykel Williams, EDGE, Georgia
The Cleveland Browns will perhaps take some inspiration from the Denver Broncos this offseason with what the Broncos did last year by cutting Russell Wilson, eating the $85 million in dead cap, and just moving on.
Cleveland would have to eat nearly $50 million if they did something like this with Watson, but would it be worth it to just move on? Perhaps keeping Watson on the roster and moving on internally is the better long-term or financial play, but one way or another, this Browns team has to stop trying to make “Fetch” happen.
Myles Garrett needs some more help off the edge this offseason, among the Browns’ other major needs right now, and they could get a really unique player in Mykel Williams out of Georgia. Williams can line up all over the defensive front and give Cleveland’s defense another Dawg to get after the quarterback.
8. New York Jets: Mason Graham, DL, Michigan
My best guess right now is that the New York Jets are going to try to run it back next season with quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
Now, Garrett Wilson may not be around to be part of running it back, but that is neither here nor there. The Jets had what was considered to be a borderline consensus top-five overall roster going into this season and that roster might not change a whole heck of a lot in 2025. With that being the case, getting tougher in the trenches defensively is not a bad idea and Mason Graham is probably the best value you could ask for here.
Graham’s athleticism, strength, and tenacity will help keep teams honest when it comes to blocking Will McDonald IV, who has had one of the best breakout years out of any edge player in the NFL this season.
9. Chicago Bears: Will Campbell, OL, LSU
The Chicago Bears don’t need to be picky when it comes to the 2025 NFL Draft. They might be the single easiest team to project, although we don’t know which player is going to be atop their board.
The Bears simply need to get the best offensive lineman on their board in this draft class, and it just so happens that they get the first offensive lineman in this 2025 NFL Mock Draft, which has become a bit of a theme for them.
Caleb Williams has had some brilliant moments in his first NFL season but he’s taken a whopping 58 sacks for 402 yards entering Week 16. Is that a theme that’s going to keep up in his NFL career? Some coaches will tell you that sacks are very much a quarterback stat, but Williams definitely needs some help on the offensive line.
And the fact that Ryan Poles has been in charge of the team for the past handful of years as a former offensive lineman makes it even more odd that this position group is not solidified for the Bears at the present moment.
10. New Orleans Saints: Luther Burden, WR, Missouri
For the last handful of years, the New Orleans Saints have been terrorized by Chris Godwin with the Buccaneers. Maybe now, they can return the favor with Luther Burden coming in as a weapon for Derek Carr (or whoever ends up being this team’s quarterback going forward).
Burden has drawn some comparisons to Godwin for his running back-like frame at the wide receiver position as well as his ability to create yardage after the catch. And with the combination of Burden creating YAC, Chris Olave getting open quickly, and Rashid Shaheed stretching the field?
The Saints might be cooking with grease at receiver next season. This does feel a bit like a luxury but in the NFL today, you can never have too many weapons and injuries have caused the Saints to have to deal without top-flight weapons for too much of the year. Burden would be a great value here as well.
11. Miami Dolphins: Tyler Warren, TE, Penn State
A lot of times when putting together NFL Mock Draft predictions, you try to fill the gaps for teams. What are the areas of each team that need to be addressed the most and how can the upcoming NFL Draft class help?
Well, in a lot of instances, we see teams strengthen areas of strength in the NFL Draft. And that’s exactly what the Dolphins do here. Nobody thought Jonnu Smith was going to be a long-term fixture for the Dolphins at tight end when they signed him, but in a short stint with the team, we’ve seen what kind of impact he can make and how valuable someone athletic at tight end is for this Mike McDaniel offense.
Having had the luxury of George Kittle in his time with the 49ers, McDaniel is going to see shades of his old pal in Penn State’s Tyler Warren, an absolute monster with the ball in his hands and a true joker type of weapon at the tight end position. And Tua Tagovailoa rejoices.
12. Indianapolis Colts: Malaki Starks, S, Georgia
All just feels right in the world when the Indianapolis Colts get Malaki Starks in a 2025 NFL mock draft scenario.
This has been one of my most popular picks of the year and for good reason. The Colts actually have a really underrated overall defense and playmakers at every level, but Starks is the type of piece that might be missing for them right now.
On the whole this season, the Colts have been one of the five worst third-down defenses in the NFL and having a playmaker like Starks at the safety position can be a major equalizer. With the way NFL teams are attacking defenses these days, having a guy like Starks who can float between the two-high shell looks as well as come up and play physical in the box is essential.
Even if it’s not Gus Bradley calling the defense going forward, the Colts still need a guy like this on the back end of their defense.
13. Cincinnati Bengals: James Pearce Jr., EDGE, Tennessee
Something tells me the Cincinnati Bengals won’t be picking quite this low when the season is all said and done, but for now, they have the luxury of landing one of the top edge players in the class.
And it probably couldn’t come at a better time that the Bengals have a need off the edge and this is a draft class that is pretty loaded at that position group, especially in the earlier rounds. Sam Hubbard recently went down with an ACL injury. Trey Hendrickson requested a trade last offseason.
The Bengals could be in a bit of a state of transition off the edge this coming season and someone like James Pearce Jr. could really help them out, even if he’s just rotating in as a rookie.
Pearce has 7.5 sacks this season for Tennessee after absolutely dominating in 2023 with 10 sacks and 15 tackles for loss. He’s put together two really productive seasons in a row and looks like he could be one of the best athletic testers in the class.
14. Dallas Cowboys: Ashton Jeanty, RB, Boise State
Well, since you’re probably seeing Ashton Jeanty projected to the Dallas Cowboys for the millionth time this year, let’s talk about it again.
The Cowboys let go of Ezekiel Elliott and Tony Pollard in consecutive offseasons, bringing back Elliott in 2024 only to see Rico Dowdle emerge as the team’s top back. And frankly, the way Dowdle has played over the last handful of weeks has given me the slightest bit of pause with this projection because the Cowboys could re-sign Dowdle (a UFA after this season) and go a different direction at the top of the draft.
With as many carries as Jeanty has at this stage of his collegiate career, nearly 800 entering the College Football Playoff, this would be the first time a running back with that many touches would be taken in the 1st round since Darren McFadden back in 2008.
And Cowboys fans remember McFadden well.
Jeanty looks like he will be a huge difference maker at the next level and the impact of running backs on already good teams this year can’t be overstated. But is this too much of a luxury for a Dallas team that has plenty of other holes?
15. San Francisco 49ers: Jalon Walker, LB/EDGE, Georgia
The San Francisco 49ers have found themselves in a horrible predicament this season. They have suffered a wide variety of long-term and concerning injuries to key building blocks on their roster all at once.
It’s been a total dud of a season for this team, leaving long-term questions beyond this year as well. Not good.
The biggest area the 49ers need to address going forward is off the edge opposite Nick Bosa. The 49ers have struggled to identify and draft fits for their roster on the defensive front in recent years, and it’s hurt this team more than people realize. They are 25th in the NFL in third down defense this season and having another playmaker for the pass rush who can affect games when Bosa is dealing with chips and double or triple teams would be huge.
Jalon Walker has had a huge year for the Georgia defense with 6.5 sacks and 11 tackles for loss, and he’s only 20 years old with unlimited upside.
16. Atlanta Falcons: Shemar Stewart, DL, Texas A&M
It doesn’t matter where the Falcons go along the defensive front in the 2025 NFL Draft, but it should be mandatory for general manager Terry Fontenot to go after someone who can get pressure on the quarterback.
After a handful of years in a row not attacking the quarterback position at all, the Falcons killed that roster need with fire as they signed Kirk Cousins and drafted Michael Penix Jr. It was a bit of over-correction on the part of the Falcons, but people could have seen their inability to rush the passer affecting the 2024 season from miles away.
The Falcons have been one of the worst pass-rushing teams in the NFL in 2024 and a player like Texas A&M’s unicorn athlete Shemar Stewart could end up being a big-time hit in year one. At 6-foot-6, 290 pounds, Stewart is well-built with outstanding length and should be far more productive in the pass rush department as a pro than we’ve seen the last couple of years at the collegiate level (1.5 sacks this season). You can line him up anywhere on the front or even off the edge.
17. Arizona Cardinals: Derrick Harmon, DL, Oregon
One of the hottest players in the country right now is Oregon defensive lineman Derrick Harmon, a former transfer from Michigan State who is such an easy mover at 6-foot-5, 330 pounds. It wouldn’t be surprising to see him much higher than this when the actual 2025 NFL Draft comes around, but for now, the Arizona Cardinals might get themselves a bit of a steal.
Harmon has five sacks entering the CFB Playoff along with nine tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, two batted passes, and he’s obviously drawing a lot of attention for that Oregon defensive front.
The Cardinals have needs at every level of their defense but getting a player like Harmon to cause havoc right in the middle of that defensive front would help Jonathan Gannon tremendously. This guy is going to be a stud at the next level.
18. Seattle Seahawks: Kelvin Banks, OT, Texas
It really doesn’t matter what direction the Seattle Seahawks end up going at this selection, it just has to be on the offensive line. They can definitely go after any number of players here, but Kelvin Banks is the highest ranked player on the board overall and would likely be able to come in and start for the Seahawks from Day 1.
This is a team that has brought Jason Peters out of retirement to bring depth at tackle for them this year as well as having their starting center – Connor Williams – literally retire in the middle of the season.
I don’t think you can go wrong projecting the Seahawks to take an offensive lineman in the 1st round, and I wouldn’t be shocked if they opened up this draft with offensive linemen at back-to-back picks.
19. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Shavon Revel Jr., CB, East Carolina
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have shown such tremendous resilience this season and one of the biggest reasons for that has been the play of quarterback Baker Mayfield. Mayfield has been such a tremendous fit for that program and you have to tip your cap to the Bucs for weathering the injury storm this season and almost securing yet another NFC South title.
With a handful of weeks left to play, I think one of the areas of this Bucs team that could get an infusion of talent in the 2025 offseason is at cornerback.
Zyon McCollum looks like an absolute stud but other than McCollum, the Bucs don’t have any corners that have played over 70 percent of the defensive snaps this season. Jamel Dean has been around since 2019 but he’s missed some time every year he’s been in the league.
It might seem a bit ironic then that we’re going to talk about the Bucs taking a corner who is coming off of a major knee injury, but the deeper you get in the 1st round here, the more it feels ridiculous to be letting a player with Shavon Revel’s ball skills drop. If he can prove himself healthy before the draft, he might go a lot higher than this.
20. Los Angeles Rams: Aireontae Ersery, OT, Minnesota
Since the Los Angeles Rams ditched the “F*** Them Picks” mantra, we’ve seen them put a huge emphasis on improving in the trenches on both sides of the football. And frankly, that has significantly raised the floor of this team overall.
The additions the Rams have made when it comes to getting studs on the offensive and defensive lines have really changed the complexion of this team and given them a shot as we approach the playoffs this season.
The offensive tackle position is one area the Rams have kind of just maintained status quo. They have had to deal with some injuries to both Alaric Jackson and Rob Havenstein this season, and I wouldn’t be shocked in the slightest to see someone like Aireontae Ersery intrigue both Les Snead and Sean McVay.
These guys have been around some of the best tackles in the game and a big man with the size, length, and nimble feet of Ersery would fit perfectly into their archetype for the position. Even if he’s not a finished product at this stage.
21. Washington Commanders: Emeka Egbuka, WR, Ohio State
The Washington Commanders have themselves a quarterback with the likely NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Jayden Daniels. Whatever the pick here is, it’s got to be in support of Daniels.
Why not give him another weapon?
The Commanders have one of the best in the league in Terry McLaurin, but he leads the team among receivers in targets by a million miles and Noah Brown is the guy behind him. The Commanders have gotten some decent contributions out of veterans like Zach Ertz and Austin Ekeler, but having another playmaker at receiver would be awesome for their young quarterback. And Egbuka might not be as dynamic as you like from a 1st-round pick but he gets open rather easily and can be a tremendous weapon from the slot.
22. Denver Broncos: Walter Nolen, DL, Ole Miss
Denver Broncos fans might be underwhelmed by this selection, but this is a very realistic direction the team could go in the 2025 NFL Draft.
Everyone wants to see the Broncos just take the best available playmaker here, and I think Sean Payton would if he believed someone like Michigan TE Colston Loveland or Iowa RB Kaleb Johnson could become a true “joker” for his offense.
And a “joker” in the Sean Payton offense is a running back or tight end who can be a consistent mismatch and threat in the passing game. Are Johnson or Loveland going to be that? Maybe. And if Payton is convicted, he might take one here.
But what has really raised the floor of this Denver team this season is the play of their defensive front. Additions like Malcolm Roach and John Franklin-Myers have been outstanding, and Zach Allen is having the best year of his career. DJ Jones is a free agent after this season and all of the three aforementioned players are UFAs in 2025. Getting a disruptive player on the interior like Walter Nolen to continue to add to the foundation of this defense would be huge.
23. Los Angeles Chargers: Colston Loveland, TE, Michigan
Don’t be shocked to see this year’s draft class for the Los Angeles Chargers be heavy on the former Michigan Wolverines.
I don’t think that would surprise anybody, but just wanted to throw that out there for the millionth time.
Jim Harbaugh has a lot of guys he already hand-selected to be part of his program at the college level who will be ready to contribute immediately when they get to the NFL in his program, including star tight end prospect Colston Loveland.
There is so much to like about both Colston Loveland and Tyler Warren in this class, but Warren’s stock has heated up to the point that Loveland could end up falling down the board a little bit in round one. And I highly doubt the Chargers would mind.
Loveland would give Justin Herbert a dynamic playmaker at the tight end position who looks like he’s going to be a much better and much more dangerous pro than even what we saw at Michigan, where he was outstanding.
24. Baltimore Ravens: Kenneth Grant, DL, Michigan
The only other coach in the NFL who loves former Michigan Wolverines players as much or more than Jim Harbaugh is his brother John out in Baltimore.
The Ravens have obviously brought in a lot of former Michigan players since Jim Harbaugh became their head coach once upon a time because they are going to come into the NFL understanding the culture this franchise has in place and what is demanded when you join an elite team like this.
The Ravens need to get some additional help on the defensive front in this upcoming draft class and luckily for them, this rookie class looks like it’s going to be absolutely loaded on the defensive line. Kenneth Grant is going to be able to come in and fit in this Ravens defensive scheme right away with his versatility and size on the defensive line. At 6-foot-3, 330-340 pounds, he’s a tank who can push the pocket and create plays behind the line of scrimmage.
25. Houston Texans: Tyler Booker, OL, Alabama
When you watch the Houston Texans play this season, I don’t think anything stands out more than this team needing some help on the offensive line.
Injuries have played a role, but only Caleb Williams has been sacked more this season than CJ Stroud. The Texans need to make sure they throw as much at the offensive line this coming offseason as they threw at the pass rush the last two years when they drafted Will Anderson Jr. and then signed Danielle Hunter.
Getting a physical player like Tyler Booker would be huge for their interior offensive line. Booker plays with a nasty demeanor and will help this Texans team build a wall around their franchise quarterback. You can’t have CJ Stroud going out there and getting hit as many times as he has this season and Booker will be able to help and play right away.
26. Pittsburgh Steelers: Maxwell Hairston, CB, Kentucky
I think right here you look at a number of different areas of “need” for the Steelers and you wish that there was a more obvious player at wide receiver on the board. Heck, maybe this is even a spot where you slot Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe if he leaves for the NFL. The Steelers could be a great landing spot for him.
But the Steelers look to strengthen a strength here with the selection of Maxwell Hairston, who would give them an ultra-confident playmaker at the cornerback position to take advantage of their always outstanding pass rush.
Donte Jackson has been really solid for Pittsburgh this season with five interceptions heading into Week 16 and they have another young player in Joey Porter Jr. who they are going to continue building around. Jackson, however, is a free agent after this season and the Steelers play in a division with some of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. They need to have dawgs on the back end who can make plays.
27. Green Bay Packers: Deone Walker, DL, Kentucky
At this stage of the 2025 NFL Draft process, the Green Bay Packers are one of the toughest teams to project in the league. They have a pretty complete roster overall, but we know every team in the NFL is always trying to get better in the trenches on both sides of the ball.
And Packers GM Brian Gutekunst isn’t going to shy away from the chance to draft a unicorn on the defensive line if he is given the chance.
Deone Walker is one of the biggest, most athletic defensive linemen you will see. Statistically speaking, he was way better in 2023 than in 2024, but he was still productive even if he wasn’t showing up as much on the stat sheet with TFLs and sacks. With his athletic traits, size, and positional flexibility, I think the Packers will have him high on their draft board come next Spring.
28. Minnesota Vikings: Josh Simmons, OT, Ohio State
If you’re the Minnesota Vikings, I’m not sure you can be too careful when it comes to investing in the protection of JJ McCarthy beyond this season. They might go after someone with more positional versatility, but with Christian Darrisaw getting injured this past year, the Vikings swung a trade for Cam Robinson at the tackle position and they cannot afford to have any issues at such an important position going forward.
Not with McCarthy coming off of a season-ending injury.
Josh Simmons has dealt with injury issues himself but he was projected to potentially compete to become the first offensive tackle off the board, and here he provides the Vikings some much-needed depth at that position and gives them someone who has started games on both the right and left side.
And with the Vikings, maybe you could even teach him to play some guard at the NFL level. Put this guy’s talent to good use one way or the other.
29. Buffalo Bills: Nic Scourton, EDGE, Texas A&M
The Buffalo Bills already have one of the best players to ever come out of Texas A&M coming off the edge, but perhaps the heir apparent to Von Miller in Buffalo (if that’s what you want to call it) will end up being another big man from the Aggies program.
Nic Scourton transferred to Texas A&M from Purdue and brought his big-time skills off the edge with him. While he may not have the twitch you covet in first-round players at the position, he’s got the ability against both the run and pass to be an instant impact player at the next level.
He’s going to give opposing teams fit with his overall power and as his game continues to progress, he could become an 8-10 sack per year type of guy off the edge. He’s one of those prospects who you just feel like you know what you’re getting. The floor is relatively high.
30. Philadelphia Eagles: Mike Green, EDGE, Marshall
We’ll see what Bryce Huff can do now that he’s coming off of IR for the Eagles, but barring a massive breakout over the remainder of this season, the Eagles might look to trade Huff in the offseason and find some other reinforcements off the edge in 2025.
And the idea here with Mike Green from Marshall is similar to the idea with adding Huff in the first place.
The Eagles want a guy who is going to be able to apply pressure on a high percentage of his snaps defensively, and that’s exactly what Green brings to the table. The former Virginia transfer has gotten the chance to play a lot over the last two years at Marshall, and he’s having a tremendous 2024 campaign with 17 total sacks, 23 tackles for loss, and three forced fumbles.
Get this guy bringing heat off the edge with the rest of that stellar Eagles defensive front and bring waves of pass rush, making life miserable for opposing teams.
31. Detroit Lions: Alfred Collins, DL, Texas
The Detroit Lions probably wish they could pick up the best defensive player on the board for their defense today with all of the injuries they’ve suffered on that side of the ball this year.
If you’re a Lions fan, you’re just hoping that all of those injuries don’t end up sinking the ship in the playoffs. Even though we’ve seen the Lions win a game this season in which Jared Goff threw an obscene five interceptions, we’ve also seen them lose a game in which Goff threw five touchdowns.
This Lions roster is so good and so well-rounded from top to bottom. You have to have the utmost confidence in GM Brad Holmes at this stage, but this is a Lions team that is also going to start losing guys in the near future. You can’t keep everybody when you experience success like this.
Getting more studs for the defensive front is going to be essential and Alfred Collins has proven to be extremely disruptive at nearly 6-foot-6 with long arms and seven passes defensed as a result.
32. Kansas City Chiefs: Cameron Williams, OT, Texas
The Kansas City Chiefs have been an absolute revolving door when it comes to the left tackle position the last handful of years. For as good as this offense has been and as good as Patrick Mahomes has been, this team’s inability to identify a long-term piece at left tackle has been pretty surprising.
And they have tried finding guys, there’s no question about it. The Chiefs have left no stone unturned and even as this 2025 NFL mock draft is being typed out, we’re seeing left guard Joe Thuney step into that role and play some left tackle for the Chiefs.
They need someone to step up, and it doesn’t appear likely to be Kingsley Suamataia or Wanya Morris, barring some significant development from those guys this coming offseason.
Here, the Chiefs get another player who is raw but extremely physically gifted and talented in Cameron Williams of Texas, who could end up being a starting tackle a lot earlier than expected. It’ll be up to a team like the Chiefs to get him ready to play right away, otherwise, a lot of people see him as more of a developmental kind of guy on the offensive line.